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the reviews are in for last night's presidential debate. not so good for barack obama. definitely good for mitt romney. a lot of folks concluding that romney had one of the stronger debate performances last night in presidential debating history, at least in recent memory. that's not good news for the president. you can tell how both these campaigns feel about their performance last night based on what they're doing today. we have not seen mitt romney out in front of television cameras so far today, but president obama hosted a rally in colorado today, giving him a chance to have almost a do over from last night's performance. take a listen. >> when i got on to the stage, i met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be mitt romney. but it couldn't have been mitt romney because the real mitt romney has been running around the country for the last year promising $5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. the fellow on stage last night said he didn't know anything about that. >> and bill, the battle continues now. in the battleground states, we're going to see both
the reviews are in for last night's presidential debate. not so good for barack obama. definitely good for mitt romney. a lot of folks concluding that romney had one of the stronger debate performances last night in presidential debating history, at least in recent memory. that's not good news for the president. you can tell how both these campaigns feel about their performance last night based on what they're doing today. we have not seen mitt romney out in front of television cameras so far...
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. >> getting through these debates through donald has to count as a miracle. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, clinton had president obama in florida and his wife in phoenix trying to rally support for election day. >> then says today he will accept the results if he wins? that is -- that is not a joking matter. >> reporter: trump held a rally it ohio before the charity dinner. >> if i win! >> reporter: leaving the door open to challenging the results if they don't go his way. donald trump has three events scheduled in north carolina and pennsylvania. hillary clinton will be at a rally in cleveland, ohio today. >> there were some good jokes in there. once trump got off the serious topics. thank you for bringing us a taste of that. >>> trump's campaign ramped up spending in september but he still trails hillary clinton in spending and fund-raising. trump spent more than $70 million last month and raised 55 million including a $2 million personal contribution. that's more than double spent in august. clinton spent 82 million last month and raised 74 million. she's still winning the cash p
. >> getting through these debates through donald has to count as a miracle. >> reporter: on the campaign trail, clinton had president obama in florida and his wife in phoenix trying to rally support for election day. >> then says today he will accept the results if he wins? that is -- that is not a joking matter. >> reporter: trump held a rally it ohio before the charity dinner. >> if i win! >> reporter: leaving the door open to challenging the results if...
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an aggressive mitt romney comes out swinging in his first debate with president obama. the two men sparring over how to fix the u.s. economy. waiting on spain, the ecb expected to hold steady on rates as central bankers meet today. country's president tells cnbc that europe's policymakers must remain focused. and madrid sees solid demand and yields coming down as the finance minister heads to london to raise funds for the country's bad banks. if you're just tuning in, thanks very much for coming along. ross will be back tomorrow. but i'm here for the next 30 minutes to run you through what's going on on the markets around the world. let's start off by looking ahead to the start of the u.s. equity trade. expecting markets to open a little higher. fmoc minutes coming out later. and on this side of the world urks t the ecb and boe with their decisions, as well. just a few points higher. and let's look at some other market action and see exactly what's happening. the global 300 just ticking slightly higher. it's come off the highs of a little earlier, but just about hanging
an aggressive mitt romney comes out swinging in his first debate with president obama. the two men sparring over how to fix the u.s. economy. waiting on spain, the ecb expected to hold steady on rates as central bankers meet today. country's president tells cnbc that europe's policymakers must remain focused. and madrid sees solid demand and yields coming down as the finance minister heads to london to raise funds for the country's bad banks. if you're just tuning in, thanks very much for...
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we need reason, thoughtful, compassionate debate that focuses on our hopes. not our fears. >> president obama's plan has prompted a serious backlash from republicans. they say he's taken union hat ral action. let's bring in tony fratto, managing director. let's start with do you agree with republicans have accused a president of illegal power grab? is that the case? >> well, they've certainly accused him of that. i'm not really a constitutional, you know, scholar on that. i think that, you know, the president is trying to deal with a very real problem we have, which is a large number of undocumented citizens living in the country. congress needs to deal with it. i think everyone agrees legislation is the best way to deal with it. i'm hopeful that this will help spur action on the congress to take up the issue. it's something we try to do in the bush administration going back to 2006 and, you know, it's long overdue. we need to find a way to rationalize our immigration system. >> i like the way you worded it, that you hope it's going to spur congress into acti
we need reason, thoughtful, compassionate debate that focuses on our hopes. not our fears. >> president obama's plan has prompted a serious backlash from republicans. they say he's taken union hat ral action. let's bring in tony fratto, managing director. let's start with do you agree with republicans have accused a president of illegal power grab? is that the case? >> well, they've certainly accused him of that. i'm not really a constitutional, you know, scholar on that. i think...
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everything from the economy to cybersecurity. >> i personally believe that the steps that president obama took saved the economy. he doesn't get the credit he deserves. so what i am proposing is that we invest from the middle out and the ground up, not the top down. >> she's been doing this for 30 years. why the hell didn't you do it over the last 15, 20 years? the one thing you have over me is experience, but it's bad experience. no idea whether it's russia, china, or anybody else. >> i am not kwquoting myself. >> you have no idea. >> i am quoting 17 -- do you doubt 17 military -- >> our country has no idea. >> are you saying you're not prepared now to stick to that prince snl. >> i will tell you at the time. i'll keep you in suspense. >> let me respond to that because that's horrifying. that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president. >> no puppet. no puppet. you're the puppet. we have some bad hombres here and we're going to get them out. >> my social security payroll contribution will go up as will donald's assuming he can't figure out how to get out of it. but what we want to d
everything from the economy to cybersecurity. >> i personally believe that the steps that president obama took saved the economy. he doesn't get the credit he deserves. so what i am proposing is that we invest from the middle out and the ground up, not the top down. >> she's been doing this for 30 years. why the hell didn't you do it over the last 15, 20 years? the one thing you have over me is experience, but it's bad experience. no idea whether it's russia, china, or anybody else....
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a big debate. my point in that is, that no-fly list has really need eed an overhaul for years. it's one data point, by the way. also, if you're on that list, and them you get stopped, and you have a gun, now what happens? are you arrested? you're not convicted of anything. once you pull that thread; there's other issues to be addressed before that is again a solution. >> michael, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> when we come back, an economics professor and former chairman of the white house counsel of economic advisers joins us. don't forget, draghi speaks in a matter of minutes bringing you the news conference as soon as it gets started. by the way, check out the euro today after what we heard from the ecb. you'll see that at this point it's not the reaction some people had been anticipating. we'll see if it sticks after draghi talks. stick around. california's coastline is a welcoming, wonderful home to everything from surfers to seals. attracting visitors from around the world, around the year. along the coast, protected are
a big debate. my point in that is, that no-fly list has really need eed an overhaul for years. it's one data point, by the way. also, if you're on that list, and them you get stopped, and you have a gun, now what happens? are you arrested? you're not convicted of anything. once you pull that thread; there's other issues to be addressed before that is again a solution. >> michael, thank you for joining us this morning. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> when we come...
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it's going to be several weeks of debate, probably not a vote until the end of the month. but the white house is now saying clearly if they send over the same thing that the house approved last year president obama will voto it. republicans are saying they think they have enough votes to overright a veto 6/0 votes, which is more than their majority. meantime, president obama, even though he's not setting the agenda here on capitol hill, is trying to get his initiatives out there. he's headed to detroit, michigan, today to talk about ways to boost manufacturing jobs. he wants to highlight the bounce back of the industry there. then eats headed to phoenix to talk about new initiatives he wants to put in place later this week. also to talk about college and new xhishtives to help people go to college and pay off their college loans. so president obama out there trying to set his agenda with this campaign-style trip before his state of the union address later this month. >> tracie thank you for that update. >>> mcdonald's restaurants are facing issues in japan with customers f
it's going to be several weeks of debate, probably not a vote until the end of the month. but the white house is now saying clearly if they send over the same thing that the house approved last year president obama will voto it. republicans are saying they think they have enough votes to overright a veto 6/0 votes, which is more than their majority. meantime, president obama, even though he's not setting the agenda here on capitol hill, is trying to get his initiatives out there. he's headed to...
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. >> president obama has moved millions of people out. nobody knows about it. nobody talks about it. but under obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country. they've been deported. she doesn't want to say that. that's what's happened. that's what happened bigley. >> there's some confusion whether trump is saying bigley or big league. i think it's big league. bigly is now the top trending search on all of google. he is using this in every single debate. >> it's a word, though. >> is it? i think he's saying big league. >> i never thought bigly was a word, i thought it was in a big way. apparently it is a word. maybe he has gotten one over all of us. >> the other interesting thing here, white we're talking about social media, is that facebook live streamed this. donald trump streamed this on his own facebook live page. got more than 100,000 viewers. people saying that's a preview of what is to come if he doesn't win the election. that he might get into some trump tv. he may be in talks with bankers about that. >> which is a f
. >> president obama has moved millions of people out. nobody knows about it. nobody talks about it. but under obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country. they've been deported. she doesn't want to say that. that's what's happened. that's what happened bigley. >> there's some confusion whether trump is saying bigley or big league. i think it's big league. bigly is now the top trending search on all of google. he is using this in every single debate. >> it's...
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. >>> and the immigration debate is moving to the front lines. texas governor rick perry n president obama have never agreed an the subject. they couldn't agree on where and how to meet while the sprt in the lone star state. >>> and former texas senator kay bailey hutchison joins us with a view from texas just ahead. e of. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's close. introducing at&t mobile share value plans... ...with our best-ever pricing for business. f provokes lust. ♪ it elicits pride... ...incites envy... ♪ ...and unleashes wrath. ♪ temptation comes in many heart-pounding forms. but only one letter. "f". the performance marque from lexus. >>> welcome back. a new report by the white house office of management and budget showing the $100 billion and taxpayer dollars may have been wasted through improper payments in 2013. this is like
. >>> and the immigration debate is moving to the front lines. texas governor rick perry n president obama have never agreed an the subject. they couldn't agree on where and how to meet while the sprt in the lone star state. >>> and former texas senator kay bailey hutchison joins us with a view from texas just ahead. e of. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about...
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. >> we had those weird rudy giuliani comments debating obama's patriotism. >> saying he doesn't care for america and i wasn't quite sure how this was relevant but noting he came from a white mother had white extended family and grew up in a white world. >> he was responding to the criticism that he would essentially making racic comments. >> just more evidence of the week we've had. >> we've let this debate get out of hand and we're not talking about -- >> it's becoming unfocused. >> thisgiuliani thing if he had a black mother what did that mean? rudy needs to stop digging. i think he's walking into donald trump territory where mainstream people won't take him seriously. >> let's bring it back to cnbc territory where we have to have dollar signs in front of the conversation. what about jeb bush invading chris christie territory in terms of fund-raising. >> i would call it donors being pragmatic. they're not going to give money away and they look at chris christie really hasn't been able to explain a plausible scenario to get the knowledge nation and that's what this is about. think a
. >> we had those weird rudy giuliani comments debating obama's patriotism. >> saying he doesn't care for america and i wasn't quite sure how this was relevant but noting he came from a white mother had white extended family and grew up in a white world. >> he was responding to the criticism that he would essentially making racic comments. >> just more evidence of the week we've had. >> we've let this debate get out of hand and we're not talking about -- >>...
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being the enemy which is a comment that she made in the last debate. clinton did call the vice president after his statement. she tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment. this opened the door for her with her numbers growing after the last debate. our latest poll shows her 25 points ahead of bernie sanders. so certainly she has a fairly strong lead there right now but the question remains what about all of those people out there, the biden campaign, the international firefighters who were holding out for vice president biden to run? are they going to be reluctant or enthusiastic supporters of hillary clinton or might they just stay out of it all together and what effect will that have on the democratic party? that remains to be seen. >> tracy, thank you so much. >> all right. our other top story leading activist shareholder and billionaire investor carl icahn is setting his sights on capitol hill funded by himself. let's get out to landon at cnbc headquaters. what is he up to? >> that's right. best known for going head to head against s
being the enemy which is a comment that she made in the last debate. clinton did call the vice president after his statement. she tweeted she was inspired by his optimism and commitment. this opened the door for her with her numbers growing after the last debate. our latest poll shows her 25 points ahead of bernie sanders. so certainly she has a fairly strong lead there right now but the question remains what about all of those people out there, the biden campaign, the international...
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what we're seeing so far is we have the best defense they can make of the obama administration at this point. >> what's interesting, tony, is republicans have managed to clearly shape the debate about whether americans are better now than they were four years ago. do you think the democrats can mount a strong defense on that point? >> they're certainly trying. they keep tripping up though with some of the platform issues that they've had here, you know, the kerfluffel was the removal of god and putting it back in. that tripped them up until they got to president clinton's speech. the changing of the venue here has taken up a lot of the communication efforts here. i think rhetorically it's been more of a defense of the effort that the obama administration has done to try to improve the economy, less about the specifics on what they would do going forward to create jobs and growth absent stimulus plans. >> tony, what do you think the president needs to say tonight to appeal to his base but also to those independent americans that may be tuning in? >> i really think it is that vision for
what we're seeing so far is we have the best defense they can make of the obama administration at this point. >> what's interesting, tony, is republicans have managed to clearly shape the debate about whether americans are better now than they were four years ago. do you think the democrats can mount a strong defense on that point? >> they're certainly trying. they keep tripping up though with some of the platform issues that they've had here, you know, the kerfluffel was the...
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then after that, it's the start of the presidential debates, romney and obama squaring off on october 3rd in denver. vps are up next they go head-to-head in danville, kentucky on the 11th of october and followed by another presidential debate on the 16th in new york. and then a final turn on the floor for obama and romney on october the 22nd, in boca raton, florida. ahead of the general election on november 6th. still to come on today's program, how investors are going to react? will they be disappointed when they hear from ben bernanke? we'll be out to jackson hole right after this. at merrill lynch, we understand the importance of your goals. today, our financial advisors lead from a new position of strength. together with bank of america, they have access to more resources than ever before. a steadfast commitment to help you achieve your financial goals in life. that's the power of the right advisor. that's merrill lynch. >>> okay. we'll be out the jackson hole wyoming in a few minutes. before that, unemployment in the eurozone has reached an all time high. highest level since reco
then after that, it's the start of the presidential debates, romney and obama squaring off on october 3rd in denver. vps are up next they go head-to-head in danville, kentucky on the 11th of october and followed by another presidential debate on the 16th in new york. and then a final turn on the floor for obama and romney on october the 22nd, in boca raton, florida. ahead of the general election on november 6th. still to come on today's program, how investors are going to react? will they be...
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debate didn't go your way. four years ago for example you had joe biden trying to stop the bleeding for president obama after he lost that debate to mitt romney. the same thing happened in 2008. you had or excuse me in 2004 when george w. bush was beaten by john kerry in the first debate and dick cheney came out with a strong performance against john edwards in the vice presidential debate. >> thanks, john. >> thanks very much. >> you bet. bay area bistros are losing their top talent to tech companies. what are they doing to fight back? fun story when we come back. about it 'cause everything isoy unlimited. i need data and i need it now. it's the end of data limits for your business. get unlimited 4g lte data as low as $30 bucks per line. switch your business to t-mobile @work. >>> the housing market is not the only casualty of the big tech companies crowding silicon valley. restaurants are now facing stiff competition to hold on to their workers as they leave for the kitchens and dining rooms at the likes of g
debate didn't go your way. four years ago for example you had joe biden trying to stop the bleeding for president obama after he lost that debate to mitt romney. the same thing happened in 2008. you had or excuse me in 2004 when george w. bush was beaten by john kerry in the first debate and dick cheney came out with a strong performance against john edwards in the vice presidential debate. >> thanks, john. >> thanks very much. >> you bet. bay area bistros are losing their top...
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. >>> now, in the last few minutes, the hamas leaders said the group is still debating an egypti egyptian proposed truce for gaza. this after israel has backed the cease-fire. cross border air strikes enable bombardments to continue. u.s. president barack obama has come out in support of egypt's proposal. >> i believe further escalation benefits no one, least of all the israeli and the palestinian people. so we're going to continue doing everything we can to facilitate a return to the 2012 cease-fire. we are encouraged that egypt has made a proposal to accomplish this goal, which we hope can restore the calm that we've been seeking. >> hadley gamble joins us now. hadley, you were saying earlier in the program that you didn't have a crystal ball. but this is effectively what you were just discussing an hour ago on this show, in fact, and that we've got different factions in hamas and it's difficult to see who is saying what right now. are we talking about moving towards a cease-fire here or aren't we? >> i think certainly you're going to see the conversation ongoing. at this point, it's wi
. >>> now, in the last few minutes, the hamas leaders said the group is still debating an egypti egyptian proposed truce for gaza. this after israel has backed the cease-fire. cross border air strikes enable bombardments to continue. u.s. president barack obama has come out in support of egypt's proposal. >> i believe further escalation benefits no one, least of all the israeli and the palestinian people. so we're going to continue doing everything we can to facilitate a return...
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romney and obama facing off last night in their first presidential debate. among the topics they sparred over, revenue. take a listen. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. now, governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> absolutely. look, the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth and how we balance the budget. but the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll never get there. >> for reaction from the obama campaign, the co-founder and former ceo of car max, austin leggen joins us from richmond, virginia. austin, good morning to you. >> good morning. how are you? >> good. i'd love to get your take on that specific moment which has been cited by many to be one of romney's most coherent, concise arguments for his view of the role of government. you agree? >> well, it may have been quick and a good sound bite, but it's not very coherent or concise. what he says is growth will give you revenue which will give you growth. i mean, what he's
romney and obama facing off last night in their first presidential debate. among the topics they sparred over, revenue. take a listen. >> there has to be revenue in addition to cuts. now, governor romney has ruled out revenue. he's ruled out revenue. >> absolutely. look, the revenue i get is by more people working, getting higher pay, paying more taxes. that's how we get growth and how we balance the budget. but the idea of taxing people more, putting more people out of work, you'll...
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the house cleared the measure by a 9 to 3 vote, setting it up for debate and a vote on the floor of the chamber today. >>> and president obama's reportedly expected to nominate stanley fisher to replace janet yellen as fed vice chair once she takes over for ben bernanke. fisher has held top posts at the imf and world bank. in the 1980s, his students including bernanke, mario draghi and summers. he called the upon buying program, dangerous, but a necessary move for the u.s. economy. >>> joining us with his thoughts on credit is kevin corrigan. thanks very much, indeed, kevin, for joining us. do you have any views on the implication of stanley fisher -- >> yeah. i think in fixed income overall, whether it's credit or sovereign ded debt, actually, we've been guided by sort of the larger hands of qe. and to that end, actually, the markets are focused on the next stage of this development turns. and i suspect that what might happen is people will focus less perhaps on tapering, clearly front and center on headlines and more on forward guidance. >> that's what the fed would like. but there is
the house cleared the measure by a 9 to 3 vote, setting it up for debate and a vote on the floor of the chamber today. >>> and president obama's reportedly expected to nominate stanley fisher to replace janet yellen as fed vice chair once she takes over for ben bernanke. fisher has held top posts at the imf and world bank. in the 1980s, his students including bernanke, mario draghi and summers. he called the upon buying program, dangerous, but a necessary move for the u.s. economy....
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it has fueled a national debate. >> it has. it raises the question where is president obama in this? is the president in control over this? problems for the president. we have anarchy in ferguson. they had to have known that an outcome like this one would cause problems. secretary of defense chuck hagel, this is the only republican in his cabinet. he's just lost out big times in the midterms to a republican congressman. he's lost the one sort of playing card he had there in terms of getting consensus on iraq. and we've just kicked the can down the road in terms of the iran negotiations. so, you know, it's been a tough 24 hours for the president. >> absolutely. a busy time for the white house. there are questions around why authorities would announce the decision on this case at night rather than waiting for daylight hours, given the prospect of an uprise in violence that we are seeing in ferguson. >> that is questionable on that decision. there is also the point had they waited an overnight, possibly the president would have go
it has fueled a national debate. >> it has. it raises the question where is president obama in this? is the president in control over this? problems for the president. we have anarchy in ferguson. they had to have known that an outcome like this one would cause problems. secretary of defense chuck hagel, this is the only republican in his cabinet. he's just lost out big times in the midterms to a republican congressman. he's lost the one sort of playing card he had there in terms of...
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. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been strong debates, john kerry had a strong debate against george w. bush in 2004. but he wasn't able to translate that into lasting benefit. that's the best of the next three weeks, to see whether romney can keep it going or whether president obama comes out with a higher level of aggression, higher level of energy in the next debate and stop the momentum that romney accumulated last night. >> okay. yeah, i had so many different thoughts, john, as we watched the whole thing. i remember that a lot of republicans were supporting newt gingrich because just for this
. >> now let me give you a bottom line on the debate. first of all, you had a huge shot of energy in the republican camp in the romney campaign. republicans were thrilled with his performance. democrats were not so thrilled with president obama's performance. the question is going to be has mitt romney been able in a race where he's been clearly behind the president to hurt him enough and sustain that momentum over the next three weeks. that's what's really critical. there have been...
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obviously obama care will be the law of the land. there are higher taxes that kick in but questions about what needs to happen with some of the doctor payments and such. >> well, i think one of the big issues is that we have to get the exchanges up and running for january 1st, 2014, to start the insurance for everyone, that is a big challenge. many states have kicked the can down the road and the federal government has to step in. the big issue for payment and for cost control is going to be making changes in how we pay doctors and incentivizing hospitals and doctors to keep people healthy, and to actually get out there and make sure that the people with chronic illness don't fall between the cracks and to increase coordination of care, and as i've been saying around the country, the main issue there is getting off the fee-for-service payment system and encouraging doctors and hospitals and others to reengineer how they deliver care. that is going to be the key issue over the next eight years. >> that's going to be a tricky transitio
obviously obama care will be the law of the land. there are higher taxes that kick in but questions about what needs to happen with some of the doctor payments and such. >> well, i think one of the big issues is that we have to get the exchanges up and running for january 1st, 2014, to start the insurance for everyone, that is a big challenge. many states have kicked the can down the road and the federal government has to step in. the big issue for payment and for cost control is going to...
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were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald trump is most severely challenging. ted cruise went after him and donald trump had a response. take a listen.. >> the effect of the 45% tariff would be when you go to the store, when you go to walmart, when you're shopping for your kids, the prices you pay go up 45%. but not only that, when you put those in place, because the terrorist attacks on you, the american people, but the response of that is that the countries we trade with put in their own tariff. >> the 45% tax is a threat. it is not a tax, it is a threat. it will be a tax if they don't behave. >> and this is how donald trump has reconciled wha
were looking for pro wrestling and you ended uplanding on the checkers championship, that's what this debate was. it was very subdued. you had discussion of policy, donald trump for example for the first time, so far as i know, came out and said he supported president obama's decision to open relations with cuba, although he said he could cut a better deal. this is something that was a little surprising coming in florida. and you had discussion of trade policy. this is one of the ways donald...
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>> i was not, i have was catching up on some sleep after long nights for the debates. we have a litting serious and b a little funny in the race for president. we're talking iowa and wisconsin. in iowa, president obama leads 51 to 43, that's a significant lead, and in wisconsin, the president leads by sixth. republicans have been hoping to make inroads, and it underscores some of the divide between national polls showing mitt romney doing much better, but in the electoral bottle grounds, we're talking about the eight or nine states that obama carried, romney has work to do, but last night, they were both doing stand up comedy. this is a traditional event that both candidates come to, both of them brought their humor. >> he knows how to seize the moment. >> the unemployment rate is at the lowest level since i took office, i don't have a joke here, i just thought it would be useful to remind everybody. >> as president obama surveys the waldorf banquet room. so little time, so much to redistribute -- >> and the one that we didn't have in that clip was the president said y
>> i was not, i have was catching up on some sleep after long nights for the debates. we have a litting serious and b a little funny in the race for president. we're talking iowa and wisconsin. in iowa, president obama leads 51 to 43, that's a significant lead, and in wisconsin, the president leads by sixth. republicans have been hoping to make inroads, and it underscores some of the divide between national polls showing mitt romney doing much better, but in the electoral bottle grounds,...
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i get there's nothing that frustrates me more than the tax debate. because i've studied the tax system. and there's no doubt we need more tax revenues. of course we need more tax revenues, they're 15% of gdp now, they've averaged more than 18% for 40 years. but the issue shouldn't be what do we do with this rate or that rate. the question should be, what form of taxes will give us the revenues we need and let us be competitive and create jobs and give us economic growth. that's what we need. and no one would argue that the current system does it. we need a new system. and you know, i've been for a system where we would eliminate the deductions and all the distortions and the special spending programs that are part of the tax code. and lower the rates. and have something that will, will let us be competitive in today's world. >> final question. timothy geithner has signaled he's going to be stepping down, whether obama wins or not in the next election cycle. who would you like to see or what kind of person, given the economy and the state of the world
i get there's nothing that frustrates me more than the tax debate. because i've studied the tax system. and there's no doubt we need more tax revenues. of course we need more tax revenues, they're 15% of gdp now, they've averaged more than 18% for 40 years. but the issue shouldn't be what do we do with this rate or that rate. the question should be, what form of taxes will give us the revenues we need and let us be competitive and create jobs and give us economic growth. that's what we need....
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what obama gets is he's obviously had the job for four years and he knows the stuff inside out and is good on policy. >> i guess it's always been like this, howard, but i look at the mail that comes in from both sides. never seen them so divided and so sure of themselves on both sides. >> no coming around. >> so hateful of the other side. it's really -- i don't know what's going to happen no matter who gets elected. how we deal with the rift. >> my theory is when the new generation takes power, that will be betterment the under 35s don't put up with this kind of talk. our generation just wants to fight the culture wars to the death. i think it's not so great for the country. >> at least we come together once in a while. >> yes, we do. >> thanks, governor. see ya later. >>> why mark faber says european stocks could correct up to 20%. today, our financial advisors lead from a new position of strength. together with bank of america, they have access to more resources than ever before. a steadfast commitment to help you achieve your financial goals in life. that's the power of the right a
what obama gets is he's obviously had the job for four years and he knows the stuff inside out and is good on policy. >> i guess it's always been like this, howard, but i look at the mail that comes in from both sides. never seen them so divided and so sure of themselves on both sides. >> no coming around. >> so hateful of the other side. it's really -- i don't know what's going to happen no matter who gets elected. how we deal with the rift. >> my theory is when the new...
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but after 25 days of straight debating, they did pass it on christmas eve. i guess this bill just wasn't as important. carl, back to you. >> i'll take it, rick. thank you. rick santelli. coming up next why some people are wishing for a yellow christmas this year. and don't forget to tweet us. the financial times says toy makers are trembling as tots turn to tablets instead of traditional toys this holiday season. kids who don't want toys? as tots trade toys for tablets we wonder what is up with kids these days. tweet us and let us know what you think at squawk street. we have some of those answers right after this. ♪ why can't they be like we were perfect in every way ♪ hunger and diabetes.anage >>> most people are dreaming a white christmas but some are dreaming of a yellow christmas, the kind that comes in a little blue box. robert craig explains in today's million dollar minute. >> reporter: this holiday season some of the biggest gifts come in the smallest packages. yellow diamonds are among the rarest, which is why this 15 carat rock rings in at $3.
but after 25 days of straight debating, they did pass it on christmas eve. i guess this bill just wasn't as important. carl, back to you. >> i'll take it, rick. thank you. rick santelli. coming up next why some people are wishing for a yellow christmas this year. and don't forget to tweet us. the financial times says toy makers are trembling as tots turn to tablets instead of traditional toys this holiday season. kids who don't want toys? as tots trade toys for tablets we wonder what is...
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but talking about things that have to do about the budget and walking away from the debate over obama care. if there's going to be a middle ground, it's going to have to be struck next week. they're going to have to talk about some things that are substantive to the budget and have nothing to do with obama care. the clock is running out on that. we'll have to see some action next week. >> the dow is down, we've given up 15,000. would you be a buyer here or a waiter, thinking you could buy lower if the gridlock goes on in d.c. and the dow keeps falling? >> i would be a buyer here. i think it's important to distinguish between a lot of risk to the market and a little sk tmarket. there's no question there's risk to the market. we have to feel some pain and that pain has to be transmuted to congress and then they'll fix it. but i think the process is working as it should work, believe it or not, and i think we come out of this probably with more agreements and the parties knowing exactly what they can get away with and what they can't. >> john, what do you mean working as it should? you s
but talking about things that have to do about the budget and walking away from the debate over obama care. if there's going to be a middle ground, it's going to have to be struck next week. they're going to have to talk about some things that are substantive to the budget and have nothing to do with obama care. the clock is running out on that. we'll have to see some action next week. >> the dow is down, we've given up 15,000. would you be a buyer here or a waiter, thinking you could buy...
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longer discussion and bigger debate. >>> when we return, breaking economic news. weekly jobless claims straight ahead. waiting for president obama to make comments to the media and answer questions in saudi arabia. we will bring you that as soon as it happens. stay tuned. "squawk box" will be right back. >>> coming up, breaking economic news, weekly jobless claims. and the numbers in the market reaction straight ahead. >>> but first, as we head to break, here is equity futures up 30 points on the dow. s&p has gotten better up 4.5. nasdaq up 8. you are watching "squawk box" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. the first stock index ♪ (musiwas createdoughout) over 100 years ago as a benchmark for average. yet many people still build portfolios with strategies that just track the benchmarks. but investing isn't about achieving average. it's about achieving goals. and invesco believes doing that today requires the art and expertise of high-conviction investing. translation? it's time to bench the benchmarks. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put
longer discussion and bigger debate. >>> when we return, breaking economic news. weekly jobless claims straight ahead. waiting for president obama to make comments to the media and answer questions in saudi arabia. we will bring you that as soon as it happens. stay tuned. "squawk box" will be right back. >>> coming up, breaking economic news, weekly jobless claims. and the numbers in the market reaction straight ahead. >>> but first, as we head to break,...
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not to bolster medicare but to pay for obama care. cuts from romney will bolster the medicare system itself. >> the danger, to me in the romney/ryan -- >> they are extremes. >> not about extremist. in a debate we used to have around this table every single day about jobs and unemployment, the debate has shifted to this debate about entitlements which gets to his issue is that people who are on the receiving end of the entitlements say you know what? this is not so good for me. >> an ad idealistic young man -- >> how does romney campaign frame thast. >> you don't want an election to be a referendum purely on someone on what's already happened. you want it to be on the different paths for the future that both candidates are proposing? we don't want to have an election just on a referendum just anybody but obama. we want to know what romney and ryan do. this becomes a choice is what the american people deserve, right? do i sound like a preacher. say hallelujah. this is a choice. who want as referendum. should it be a referendum? >> i'm t
not to bolster medicare but to pay for obama care. cuts from romney will bolster the medicare system itself. >> the danger, to me in the romney/ryan -- >> they are extremes. >> not about extremist. in a debate we used to have around this table every single day about jobs and unemployment, the debate has shifted to this debate about entitlements which gets to his issue is that people who are on the receiving end of the entitlements say you know what? this is not so good for me....
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, and the tens of millions who say everyday life is unavoidable and less safe than this did when obama got there eight years ago. it's just derelictive duty to not cover everything last night. >> it takes the eye off the ball. you know what the media is going to do. maybe it's better not to give them the opportunity. but now you could talk about al gore. do you remember when his concession speech was? it was december 13th. so what is that? that's like -- and there are t-shirts i still see them around. selected not elected. >> and sore losermen. i remember that. >> and if trump were in the lead or ask a hard core hillary supporter are you going to accept donald trump? as if there was any idea about a guy that visited the white house 342 times or if there was any of this other stuff, would any of them say -- is jeb bush accepting the results of the primary election? so -- but here we are talking about it instead of the important stuff. >> that's right. >> maybe you're a candidate, you should have -- >> go ahead. >> he clearly won the debate. he made the case exactly where he started this
, and the tens of millions who say everyday life is unavoidable and less safe than this did when obama got there eight years ago. it's just derelictive duty to not cover everything last night. >> it takes the eye off the ball. you know what the media is going to do. maybe it's better not to give them the opportunity. but now you could talk about al gore. do you remember when his concession speech was? it was december 13th. so what is that? that's like -- and there are t-shirts i still see...
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if everyone paid their employees the way costco does we might not have a debate about health care in this country. but that said, i'm sure you have run some numbers as to what obama care will cost costco over the next 10 to 15 years. i assume it's an ink krecrement increase in costs no? >> there will be an incremental increase in costs but we think it's something we can live with and that we can adjust to. but we're -- we already have a very rich plan that you alluded to just a few seconds ago. so it's not going to be a significant hit for us. >> final question here, jim. separate from politics we've been watching the comps out of costco lately. i know you're not running the ship day to day. but august was good. the rest of the summer not so good. what do you see for the fall? >> well, you know, at the moment we're reasonably optimistic for the fall and talking to people over at the home office there we think that we're going to have a reasonably good fall. we were pleased with the august numbers and in truth if you look back over the past six or seven months the comps have been pret
if everyone paid their employees the way costco does we might not have a debate about health care in this country. but that said, i'm sure you have run some numbers as to what obama care will cost costco over the next 10 to 15 years. i assume it's an ink krecrement increase in costs no? >> there will be an incremental increase in costs but we think it's something we can live with and that we can adjust to. but we're -- we already have a very rich plan that you alluded to just a few...
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that's more a challenge for the debates with president obama. i expect this to be at a high -- high tone. and he'll sketch out the agenda that they have, but not in any granular detail, i wouldn't expect. >> what about this mystery guest we keep hearing about? is there any truth to the clint eastwood rumors? >> reporter: well, i don't know if the clint eastwood rumors are true. that seems to be where the speculation is focused. that would be an important bit of star quality for this republican convention. especially since clint eastwood appeared in that super bowl ad and seemed to be defending president obama's policies on the auto industry when he talked about detroit being back. clint eastwood is a cultural icon. especially for older americans. and, of course, older americans is a constituency where mitt romney has built a significant lead over the president. he needs to protect that lead to win. >> all right, john. good stuff. going to be exciting to watch tonight. john harwood in tampa this week. >>> jobless claims coming in unchanged for th
that's more a challenge for the debates with president obama. i expect this to be at a high -- high tone. and he'll sketch out the agenda that they have, but not in any granular detail, i wouldn't expect. >> what about this mystery guest we keep hearing about? is there any truth to the clint eastwood rumors? >> reporter: well, i don't know if the clint eastwood rumors are true. that seems to be where the speculation is focused. that would be an important bit of star quality for this...
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president obama has been m.i.a. on this debate. we have a debt crisis staring us in the face, it's on the horizon. what has the president of the united states been doing, four budgets with trillion dollar deficits every single year and not a sing solution to tackle this problem. >> melissa, you could hear it, i'm all in favor of tax reduction and tax reform. but the numbers have to work or nearly so. and i think the missing piece is the spending cuts and they're going to have to come around and probably deliver some more information. i went through this many years ago with ronald reagan. everybody always questions our numbers. they wanted specifics, specifics, melissa. you can't always do that in a campaign. i do think team romney and ryan will have to provide more specifics on these numbers for anywhere pro-growth plan. >> we look forward, larry, to hearing the rest of the interview. larry kudlow joining us this morning. catch the full interview on the kudlow report, 7:00 pvm eastern time right here on cnbc. >> let's get a quick m
president obama has been m.i.a. on this debate. we have a debt crisis staring us in the face, it's on the horizon. what has the president of the united states been doing, four budgets with trillion dollar deficits every single year and not a sing solution to tackle this problem. >> melissa, you could hear it, i'm all in favor of tax reduction and tax reform. but the numbers have to work or nearly so. and i think the missing piece is the spending cuts and they're going to have to come...
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and they wanted him to show a little leg against obama too. this is a preview of what you'll see in the debates by romney. this whole nonsense of likability can we stop talking about charisma. i want to talk about a bye who can create jobs. likeability is so overblown. do you like the guy who fixes the pipes or do you like the guy who doesn't fix the pipes that makes you laugh a little bit while he fails to fix the pipes. we need a guy who can turn things around. >> i would agree but there's two men that have a rob. one is reagan and one is clinton. they both did exactly what you're talking about they promised but they had the likability factor and hit in a huge way. clinton came in only because the economy frankly and ross perot. >> thanks for admitting that. >> reagan was a great president and raised taxes and economy. he ran against a pretty weak guy. >> they created jobs. that makes you likeable. >> we lost jobs under obama. 4.5 million jobs created. he didn't create a single one of them, american businesses created them. the point is if y
and they wanted him to show a little leg against obama too. this is a preview of what you'll see in the debates by romney. this whole nonsense of likability can we stop talking about charisma. i want to talk about a bye who can create jobs. likeability is so overblown. do you like the guy who fixes the pipes or do you like the guy who doesn't fix the pipes that makes you laugh a little bit while he fails to fix the pipes. we need a guy who can turn things around. >> i would agree but...
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let's separate the debate on health care. the question is what can we do to get the right tax incentives for manufacturers. >> one of the industries we can still manufacturer, medical devices? >> i don't think the obama care -- >> you called it that even though you're in the administration. >> i think the universal health care has, does not -- >> you're humoring me, ro. i no know that. >> you're aware that the big incentive for medical devices is ireland, not the united states, and it's partly -- >> going to get worse. >> -- because of the low tax rate and well educated workforce. this administration is granting waivers so high schools don't have to teach as much math and science. it's totally inconsistent with your manufacturing policy. >> ro was only in commerce. >> i think the administration has emphasized stem education, vocational education, but my point is let's take the politics out of the manufacturing agenda. this is in the national interest just like it was to beat the soviet union, you need to compete with china af
let's separate the debate on health care. the question is what can we do to get the right tax incentives for manufacturers. >> one of the industries we can still manufacturer, medical devices? >> i don't think the obama care -- >> you called it that even though you're in the administration. >> i think the universal health care has, does not -- >> you're humoring me, ro. i no know that. >> you're aware that the big incentive for medical devices is ireland, not...
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because republicans are going to come out on top in the end. >> the president has declared that the debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who elect mitt romney so we can repeal obama care. the irony is that paul ryan had a very vigorous condemnation of obama care so there's no room in a free country for regulations, mandates and fines that are contained in that legislation. mitt romney put him on the republican ticket and passed a similar set of regulations, mandates and fines in the state of massachusetts and dealing with those contradictions will be one of those. >> you're probably right. people that dislike obama care are not even thinking about massachusetts necessarily because they don't live there or whatever. >> reporter: that is a triumph for mitt romney the early in the primary campaign they were thinking about it. tim pawlenty was attacking him about it. >> we go way back. have you heard of yesterday's news tomorrow. i'm like a day behind. i was able to watch all of the -- nothing new for me. i was able to watch
because republicans are going to come out on top in the end. >> the president has declared that the debate over government controlled health care is over. that will come as news to the millions of americans who elect mitt romney so we can repeal obama care. the irony is that paul ryan had a very vigorous condemnation of obama care so there's no room in a free country for regulations, mandates and fines that are contained in that legislation. mitt romney put him on the republican ticket...
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a little drift up and mitt romney has to figure out a way over the next two months probably in the debates to close that gap and try to pull ahead. >> it's slightly above the margin of error. so a tight race. >> i'm surprised, though, that obama did get the bump that he got because he's so much better known, people already know what they think about him. i thought romney had more up side potential and he captured some of that up side, but we'll see. again, the thing could settle back. check the polls in ten days. and we could be even going into the debates. >> john, what did you make of romney's comments to david gregory about taxes? he seemed to suggest on the high end that he is not lowering taxes, might be closing loopholes, but i was surprised by his comment. >> he's always said that his plan was going to be distributionally neutral. that is, he's going to cut rates 20% across the board for everybody, which takes the top rate from 35% down to 28% under his plan. but he said he wasn't going to give a net tax cut to people at the top because he was going it close enough deductions and lo
a little drift up and mitt romney has to figure out a way over the next two months probably in the debates to close that gap and try to pull ahead. >> it's slightly above the margin of error. so a tight race. >> i'm surprised, though, that obama did get the bump that he got because he's so much better known, people already know what they think about him. i thought romney had more up side potential and he captured some of that up side, but we'll see. again, the thing could settle...
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the obama is not seeking to have states gut the work requirement. he is giving them flexibility which they asked for including republican governors, and so you get a lot of debate about why are they putting anthony ad if it's fundamentally not true. >> but then again there's a lot of nuance here. i looked into it. i read a lot of pieces on it. even political scientist, new york university said it doesn't obviously single-handedly cripple the work requirement but in his word it has opened the door to changes in welfare reform that could destroy it from within. another says you have to assume that bureaucrats, the intention is stated that it's not to change work requirements but gives bureaucrats the leeway to do just about anything they want to do. >> reporter: you can make the requirement it will result in anything. >> again -- >> reporter: remember governors including romney have sought flexibility from some of the restrictions of the law themselves. >> i'll ask trump about this. chris is mad about that throwaway line about being born in mulch and
the obama is not seeking to have states gut the work requirement. he is giving them flexibility which they asked for including republican governors, and so you get a lot of debate about why are they putting anthony ad if it's fundamentally not true. >> but then again there's a lot of nuance here. i looked into it. i read a lot of pieces on it. even political scientist, new york university said it doesn't obviously single-handedly cripple the work requirement but in his word it has opened...
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and president obama on things like health care and obamacare. he needs to get back to that. he's a smart man. he knows it. i think we will have a substantive debate tonight, and maybe he can turn the corner and begin to catch up again. >> do you believe -- yesterday he talked about this he called it an undercurrent of his supporters who were not counted, pollsters unable to model in what is a likely voter this cycle, do you believe that's true? >> i don't. i mean, our pollsters are very, very astute in both parties. they use the technology to select whom they interview. there could be, you know, 1% or 2% of people they talk to who are secretly for trump, but not really. it doesn't work that way. >> i actually disagree with charlie here. i think there are people who see donald trump so unpopular, so much of a pariah, we call it social desirability bias, people respond to pollsters with what they think the pollster wants to hear sometimes. i'm nervous about that. as a hillary clinton clinton supporter i'm concerned that donald trump might have this latent base of resentful sup
and president obama on things like health care and obamacare. he needs to get back to that. he's a smart man. he knows it. i think we will have a substantive debate tonight, and maybe he can turn the corner and begin to catch up again. >> do you believe -- yesterday he talked about this he called it an undercurrent of his supporters who were not counted, pollsters unable to model in what is a likely voter this cycle, do you believe that's true? >> i don't. i mean, our pollsters are...
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obama, the word compromise came out of his mouth during the speech last night. is there a moment now post-election where people can maybe all come together and meet in the middle? possibly, but people are pretty entrenched on this thing. >> john harwood has followed every twist and turn of this election. he joins us onset this morning. there's two issues, john. we've got the fiscal cliff issue and then we've got the fiscal abyss issue. i'm wondering -- here's my biggest question. now that the republicans don't have as their single mandate to prevent a second term, that's off the table now, that's a whole new ball game for these guys. that's not going to be the thought behind every thing they do. the president no longer is thinking about re-election, so maybe he doesn't have to look at his base all the time with the bush tax cuts. remember, he did it once. he got in trouble with his base and he heard a lot of flak. could he now say all right to that base and say maybe i'll let all of these go to solve the fiscal cliff for another year and the republicans say fine
obama, the word compromise came out of his mouth during the speech last night. is there a moment now post-election where people can maybe all come together and meet in the middle? possibly, but people are pretty entrenched on this thing. >> john harwood has followed every twist and turn of this election. he joins us onset this morning. there's two issues, john. we've got the fiscal cliff issue and then we've got the fiscal abyss issue. i'm wondering -- here's my biggest question. now that...
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it is unfortunate with all that is going on, that's where the debate is right now. >> it depends on how far you want to go back, when there was bush fatigue there's no doubt about that, that sort offishered in the obama years but i don't know about underestimating the depth of the recession and focusing on obama care. that's what ushered in the tea party, the tea party at this point are the ones that the democratic side would say is so intransigent. i would say i wish the president had been more willing to go in and get his hands dirty with the leadership of both parties and say we have to do something. because it's been two years that we've been watching this, and others would say he didn't have a chance because the tea party is so intransigent you can't talk to these guys, so far out there. the tea party was almost spawned by the first two years of the way obama care was rammed down the country's throat, this unpopular bill they spent all that time on is, we were going above 10% in unemployment. am i wrong on that? >> i think there are a number of voters who say you're right. the hous
it is unfortunate with all that is going on, that's where the debate is right now. >> it depends on how far you want to go back, when there was bush fatigue there's no doubt about that, that sort offishered in the obama years but i don't know about underestimating the depth of the recession and focusing on obama care. that's what ushered in the tea party, the tea party at this point are the ones that the democratic side would say is so intransigent. i would say i wish the president had...